Parades and Festivals
Japanese Rice Festival
I haven't been able to figure out what the name of this festival was, but it included the feat of strength shown below.But I gotta wonder, what would happen if the guy realized he couldn't actually support the 1000 lbs (or more) of weight they've got stacked on him? Were there occasional fatalities?
Des Moines Register - Dec 6, 1964
Posted By: Alex - Wed Nov 06, 2024 -
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Category: Human Marvels, Parades and Festivals, 1960s, Asia
Miss Grits
Alas, I fear this contest has been discontinued.
Teeny Miss Grits Ava Dean, 2, (L) and Miss Grits Lindsay Dobbs, 16, participate in the parade during the 14th annual National Grits Festival in Warwick, Georgia USA on 09 April 2011.
13th Annual National Grits Festival in Warwick Georgia every April featuring arts and crafts, eating event, corn shelling, parade and rolling in the grits pit.
Posted By: Paul - Sun Oct 27, 2024 -
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Category: Awards, Prizes, Competitions and Contests, Beauty, Ugliness and Other Aesthetic Issues, Food, Parades and Festivals, Regionalism
The Musky Queen
These charming ladies do not smell strange. Their title simply honors a certain fish. The 2024 festival begins today, if you want to fly out to Hayward, WI.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Jun 21, 2024 -
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Category: Awards, Prizes, Competitions and Contests, Beauty, Ugliness and Other Aesthetic Issues, Parades and Festivals, Regionalism, Fish
The 1967 Human Be-In
The Wikipedia entry.
Posted By: Paul - Fri May 03, 2024 -
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Category: Ceremonies, Drugs, Parades and Festivals, Bohemians, Beatniks, Hippies and Slackers, 1960s
The Venice Surfestival
This celebration ran for a number of years. And of course, there had to be a queen each year.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Mar 22, 2024 -
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Category: Beauty, Ugliness and Other Aesthetic Issues, Oceans and Maritime Pursuits, Parades and Festivals, Regionalism, Twentieth Century
Environments 3
Join the Be-In with the embedded player below. Then experience bucolic raptures.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Mar 04, 2024 -
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Category: Hillbillies, Country Bumpkins, Ruralism and Flyover Country, Parades and Festivals, Vinyl Albums and Other Media Recordings, 1960s, 1970s
Queen of Azusa Golden Days
Posted By: Paul - Sat Dec 23, 2023 -
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Category: Awards, Prizes, Competitions and Contests, Beauty, Ugliness and Other Aesthetic Issues, Parades and Festivals, 1950s
Merry Christmas 1945
What ever happened to NYC's Xmas Parade? Also: a slightly weird beauty contest.
Posted By: Paul - Sun Dec 17, 2023 -
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Category: Holidays, Parades and Festivals, Theater and Stage, North America, United Kingdom
The Queen of Love and Beauty at the Veiled Prophet’s Ball
The Veiled Prophet Parade and Ball was a yearly civic celebration in St. Louis, Missouri, over which a mythical figure called the Veiled Prophet presided. The first events were in 1878. The parade and ball were organized and funded by the Veiled Prophet Organization, an all-male, secret society[3][4][5] founded in 1878 by prominent St. Louisans.
The organization chooses one member to be a Veiled Prophet who conducts meetings and oversees activities but not necessarily for one year, spokesman Allyn Glaub said in 1991. They were a highly select group culled from the area's business, civic and governmental leaders, "the people who run St. Louis and St. Louis County."
See the 1938 Veiled Prophet below.
The Wikipedia article on the ball itself here.
A list of all queens.
Posted By: Paul - Mon May 08, 2023 -
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Category: Awards, Prizes, Competitions and Contests, Beauty, Ugliness and Other Aesthetic Issues, Clubs, Fraternities and Other Self-selecting Organizations, Disguises, Impersonations, Mimics and Forgeries, Parades and Festivals, Regionalism, Nineteenth Century, Twentieth Century, Twenty-first Century
The Beauty Queen of Neptune
Long Beach, California: 1936. The queen of the Neptunes Electrical Extravaganza which will be staged over the Olympic Rowing Course on May 6th in Long Beach.
Posted By: Paul - Sun Dec 11, 2022 -
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Category: Awards, Prizes, Competitions and Contests, Beauty, Ugliness and Other Aesthetic Issues, Oceans and Maritime Pursuits, Parades and Festivals, 1930s
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